Intro: E , B , F# , A - 2X
Verse:
E
There's some things that I'd like to say before this sayings done,
B
Living on my mind the entire time that I've been on the run,
F#
I tried to play it off like it never bothered me,
A
But now I'll never get the chance and now you'll never see,
E
And even though I hated you almost all the time
B
I never wished for you to die, I always wished that you would climb
F#
Above all the circumstances and outweigh all the odds
A
And get to live the normal life we've dreamt about so much,
F# A E
And I hope you know wherever you are
F# A E
I'm sorry I wasn't there, from the bottom of my heart.
Interlude: E , B , F# , A
verse 2:
E
I'm sorry that when you would call I'd shut my ringer off,
B
And I'm sorry I always made (something) to patch things up.
F#
If there's one fault of mine that I won't soon forget,
A
And that was never being there when you were on the bed,
E
I got the news in California, sick with what you had,
B
I was laid up in the hospital with pneumonia in my chest.
F#
I felt the pain that you had felt everyday of your life,
A
I relived all my selfishness and finally shed the light.
F# A E
And I hope you know whenever you are,
F# A E
I'm sorry I wasn't there from the bottom of my heart.
Solo: E , B , F# , A - 2X
F# A E
And I hope you know whenever you are,
F# A E
I'm sorry I wasn't there from the bottom of my heart.
F# A E
And I hope you know whenever you are,
F# A E
I'm sorry I wasn't there from the bottom of my heart.
END